adj. far off or apart in space; not near at hand; reserved or uncaring
Our team finished a distant third. OR She gave us a distant smile.
Our team finished a distant third. OR She gave us a distant smile.
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The artist used charcoal to limn the outline of the distant mountain peak.
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Salva received an email from a distant cousin telling him that who was still alive?
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He could hear the clank of distant bells.
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When Mrs. Ono asked the boys to go and work in the fields of a distant older relative, why did Mitsuo say they had to?
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Who flocked fro decades from distant lands?
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Why did Billy like to explore the distant hills?
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She gave us a distant smile.
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A far-off throaty rumble rolled through the lbyrinth like distant thunder. This phrase is which literary device?
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He was a distant and at times discourteous young man.
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The eagle-eyed guard noticed the distant movement.
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He could hear the clangor of the distant bells.
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Who makes a noise like distant barks of a dog?
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He received a goodly sum of money as an inheritance from his distant aunt.
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Who planted a peaceful flag on a far-off distant world?
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far; faraway; remote; removed
close; near
2 syllables
dis-tant
distant
assistant
consistent
existent
insistent
persistent
resistant
inconsistent
nonexistent
self-consistent
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